In much the same way, we recognize the importance of Shakespeare's familarity with Plutarch and Montaigne, of Shelley's study of Plato's dialogues, and of Coleridge's enthusiastic plundering of the writings of many philosophers and theologians from Plato to Schelling and William Godwin, through which so many abstract ideas were brought to the attention of English men of letters.

the author possesses an uncommonly fine English style, and he is dealing with subjects of vast importance that are highly topical for our time.

These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

On November 29, 1921, the trustees declared it to be the express policy of the Institute to pursue scientific research of the greatest importance and at the same time " to continue to conduct thorough courses in engineering and pure science, basing the work of these courses on exceptionally strong instruction in the fundamental sciences of mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; broadening and enriching the curriculum by a liberal amount of instruction in such subjects as English, history, and economics ; and vitalizing all the work of the Institute by the infusion in generous measure of the spirit of research.

This prompted the English periodical The Economist to write in 1855 that " never, perhaps, was a change so vehemently and generally demanded, of which the importance was so much overrated.

In his essay Politics and the English Language ( 1946 ), Orwell wrote about the importance of precise and clear language, arguing that vague writing can be used as a powerful tool of political manipulation because it shapes the way we think.

After having been assured by James that all rumours about a French alliance were malevolent fabrications, Dijkvelt returned to the Republic, with letters of varying importance from leading English statesmen.

In the outer circle are those countries where English has official or historical importance (" special significance ").

The importance of non-native English language skills can be recognised behind the long-standing joke that the international language of science and technology is broken English.

Since the early Middle Ages, the trade in furs was of great economic importance for northern and eastern European nations with large native populations of fur-bearing mustelids, and was a major economic impetus behind Russian expansion into Siberia and French and English expansion in North America.

Of greater importance is that this century saw the development of a modern, vernacular style that looked to English, rather than to Greek, Latin, or French models.

Bruce also made raids into northern England and, landing at Ramsey in the Isle of Man, then laid siege to Castle Rushen in Castletown capturing it on 21 June 1313 to deny the island's strategic importance to the English.

Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been reevaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art.

Only since the 1960s has Alma-Tadema ’ s work been reevaluated for its importance within the nineteenth century, and more specifically, within the evolution of English art.

Of great importance in the ecclesiastical history of England was a council which Stephen opened at Osney on 17 April 1222 ; its decrees, known as the Constitutions of Stephen Langton, are the earliest provincial canons which are still recognized as binding in English church courts.

However, some educators make the argument that schwa should be included in primary reading programs because of its vital importance in the correct enunciation of English words.

The degree of the importance of Vesta and the hearth in Roman times carries on into modern English, where the word focus ( Latin for hearth ) continues to be used in a variety of ways, both scientifically and metaphorically, that although differing from the original meaning, still carry a sense of focussing or concentration on something of importance.

Johnson went on to say that " by the time I was a third of the way through, I had to suppress a strong impulse to throw the thing away ", Although Johnson recognised that in Bond there " was a social phenomenon of some importance ", this was as a negative element, as the phenomenon concerned three " three basic ingredients in Dr No, all unhealthy, all thoroughly English: the sadism of a schoolboy bully, the mechanical, two-dimensional sex-longings of a frustrated adolescent, and the crude, snob-cravings of a suburban adult.

In 1890, Coubertin wrote an article in La Revue Athletique, which espoused the importance of Much Wenlock — a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.

Stirling was of vital strategic importance and its loss would be a serious embarrassment to the English.

The extreme ease with which the English destroyed Puerto Bello ( not regain its importance to the construction port Panama Canal ) led to a change in British plans.

As a writer he was considered by T. S. Eliot to be of major importance, and his The Anathemata was considered by W. H. Auden to be the best long poem written in English in the 20th century.

Because of its importance as a symbol of indigenous culture, its gluten-free palatability, easy to cook, and its protein particularly well suited to human nutritional needs, interest in grain amaranth ( especially A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus ) revived in the 1970s.

Collectivism is a basic cultural element that exists as the reverse of individualism in human nature ( in the same way high context culture exists as the reverse of low context culture ), and stresses the priority of group goals over individual goals and the importance of cohesion within social groups ( such as an " in-group ", in what specific context it is defined ).

Promotions for tourism beginning in the 1950s recognized the importance of the Scottish culture to the province, and the provincial government started encouraging the use of Gaelic once again.

Creation myths are of central importance for the valuation of the world, for the orientation of humans in the universe, and for the basic patterns of life and culture.

In anthropology Sapir is known as an early proponent of the importance of psychology to anthropology, maintaining that studying the nature of relationships between different individual personalities is important for the ways in ways in which culture and society develop.

In a celebration of mountains and the culture that surrounds them, and in recognition of the importance of climbing and walking tourism to the town, the Fort William Mountain Film Festival is held there each year.

The term " folk dance " is sometimes applied to dances of historical importance in European culture and history ; typically originated before 20th century.

In an aside, he cited the single mother title character in the television program Murphy Brown as an example of how popular culture contributes to this " poverty of values ", saying, " It doesn't help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown — a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman — mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another ' lifestyle choice.

As such, the work is of some importance in the history of Jewish culture.

This vigorous and exclusive instinct explains the historical phenomenon of an isolated group, small in numbers yet dominating a country inhabited by a majority of peoples of different races and conflicting aspirations, and playing a role in European affairs out of all proportions to its numerical importance or intellectual culture.

As the birth of a clan's founder is always announced by an animal with preternatural qualities, this myth speaks to the importance of chicken in Korean culture.

Left-wing critics of post-modernism assert that cultural studies inflates the importance of culture by denying the existence of an independent reality.

The underlying cause of a cultural fungaphobia may also be related to the exaggerated importance placed on the few deadly and poisonous mushrooms found in the region of that culture.

Historians have reached a broad consensus on the content, function and importance of the image of Bismarck within Germany's political culture over the past 125 years.

Postmodernist ideas in philosophy and the analysis of culture and society expanded the importance of critical theory and has been the point of departure for works of literature, architecture, and design, as well as being visible in marketing / business and the interpretation of history, law and culture, starting in the late 20th century.

Phoebe also realized the importance of such a museum in preserving Native Californian culture, which was rapidly disappearing at the hands of white settlers.

Within the framework of his science fiction stories, Heinlein repeatedly addressed certain social themes: the importance of individual liberty and self-reliance, the obligation individuals owe to their societies, the influence of organized religion on culture and government, and the tendency of society to repress nonconformist thought.

Of great importance in Chinese myth and culture, the tiger is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals.

In 2000, " an event of historical importance " occurred, according to a live broadcast for the state-owned Korea Broadcasting System, as 78 North Korean girls and boys arrived at the Unification Church's cross-cultural " ice-breaker " event, where guests such as the minister of unification, Park Jae-Kyu, and the minister of culture, Park Jie Won were present.

Beef is considered a taboo food in some cultures, especially in Indian culture, and hence is eschewed by Hindus and Jains ; however, Hinduism's scriptures indicate a recorded history of beef consumption, with the taboo arising at a later period due to the ascendancy of the cow in terms of importance to the farming communities of the time.

The importance of Latin education itself was paramount in Western culture: " from 1600 to 1900, the Latin school was at the center of European education, wherever it was found "; within that Latin school, Virgil was taught at the advanced level and, in 19th-century England, special editions of Virgil were awarded to students who distinguished themselves.

In this argument, Durkheim acknowledges the importance of another key social fact-the culture.